Robert Altman
Known for directing · Born 20 February 1925 · Died 20 November 2006 · aged 81 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
152 credits
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award. His films "MASH" (1970), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971), "The Long Goodbye" (1973), and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Known for
Gosford Park
2001
M*A*S*H
1970
The Player
1992
The Long Goodbye
1973
Bonanza
1959
Popeye
1980
Short Cuts
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Nashville
1975
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
Combat!
1962
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Acting (58)
2025Breakdown: 1975Self - Director, M*A*S*H & Nashville (archive footage)Film
2024DaedalusSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)Film
2020Return to Sweethaven: A Look Back With Robin And The AltmansSelf (archive footage)Film
2018Nothing Like a DameSelf (archive footage)Film
2014AltmanSelf (archive footage)Film
2014Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed GraczykSelf (archive footage)Film
2013What Is Cinema?SelfFilm
2005Elio Petri: Notes About a FilmmakerSelfFilm
2005A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman CorwinFilm
2004Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelfFilm
2004Looking for SophiaSelfFilm
2004Words in ProgressFilm
2004Robert Altman and Garry TrudeauSelfFilm
2004What’s Happened Since ‘88SelfFilm
2004The Politics of DocsSelfFilm
2004Why Tanner, Why Now?SelfFilm
2004Fact & FictionSelfFilm
2004On the Set: Alex’s LoftSelfFilm
2004On the Set: Loews TheaterSelfFilm
2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelfFilm
2003A Decade Under the InfluenceSelfFilm
2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelfFilm
2003Imagining ImagesSelfFilm
2002The Making of Gosford ParkSelfFilm
2002Rip Van MarloweSelfFilm
2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)Film
2002Robert Altman in EnglandSelfFilm
2002Robert Altman on 'Rashomon'SelfFilm
2001History vs. HollywoodSelfSeries
2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'SelfFilm
2000BackstorySelfSeries
2000Altman on His Own TermsSelfFilm
1999The DirectorsSelfSeries
1999Hitchcock: Shadow of a GeniusSelfFilm
1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelfFilm
1996Robert Altman: Giggle And Give InSelfFilm
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelfFilm
1994American CinemaSelfSeries
1993Intimate PortraitSelfSeries
1993Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver CountrySelfFilm
1993Made in the USASelfFilm
1992Robert Altman's PlayersSelfFilm
1990Hollywood MavericksSelfFilm
1982Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. PorterReader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)Film
1981Endless LoveHotel ManagerFilm
1978The South Bank ShowSelfSeries
1976From the Prairie to the PalaceFilm
1975ArenaSeries
1973The Long GoodbyeAmbulance Driver (uncredited)Film
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1970EventsBobFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1967OmnibusSeries
1965The Kathryn Reed StoryHimselfFilm
1953The OscarsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1952OmnibusSeries
1947The Secret Life of Walter MittyMan Drinking (uncredited)Film
—24 Tracks: Robert Altman's NashvilleHimselfFilm
Directing (72)
2006A Prairie Home CompanionDirector, ProducerFilm
2003The CompanyDirector, ProducerFilm
2000Dr. T & the WomenDirector, ProducerFilm
1998The Gingerbread ManDirectorFilm
1998Killer AppDirectorFilm
1997Jazz '34Director, ProducerFilm
1997GunDirector, Executive ProducerSeries
1993Short CutsDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1993Black and Blue: A Musical RevueDirectorFilm
1992The PlayerDirectorFilm
1990Vincent & TheoDirectorFilm
1990Vincent & TheoDirectorSeries
1988The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialDirector, ProducerFilm
1987O.C. and StiggsDirector, ProducerFilm
1987BasementsDirector, ProducerFilm
1985Fool for LoveDirectorFilm
1985The LaundromatDirectorFilm
1984Secret HonorDirector, ProducerFilm
1983StreamersDirector, ProducerFilm
1982Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy DeanDirectorFilm
1982Rattlesnake in a CoolerDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
1980PopeyeDirectorFilm
1980HealtHDirector, Producer, WriterFilm
1979QuintetDirector, Screenplay, Producer, StoryFilm
1979A Perfect CoupleDirector, Producer, WriterFilm
1978A WeddingDirector, Screenplay, Story, ProducerFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveDirectorSeries
1975NashvilleDirector, ProducerFilm
1974California SplitDirector, ProducerFilm
1974Thieves Like UsDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1973The Long GoodbyeDirectorFilm
1972ImagesDirector, WriterFilm
1971McCabe & Mrs. MillerDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1971Brewster McCloudDirectorFilm
1970M*A*S*HDirectorFilm
1969That Cold Day in the ParkDirectorFilm
1968PremiereDirectorSeries
1967CountdownDirectorFilm
1967The HappeningSecond Unit DirectorFilm
1965The Kathryn Reed StoryDirectorFilm
1964Nightmare in ChicagoDirector, ProducerFilm
1964Pot au feuDirectorFilm
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreDirectorSeries
1963The Long Lost Life of Edward SmalleyDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1963The PartyDirectorFilm
1962Combat!DirectorSeries
1962The Gallant MenDirectorSeries
1961Cain's HundredDirectorSeries
1961Kraft Mystery TheatreDirectorSeries
1961Bus StopDirectorSeries
1960Route 66DirectorSeries
1960Surfside 6DirectorSeries
1960The Roaring 20'sDirectorSeries
1959BonanzaDirectorSeries
1959Hawaiian EyeDirectorSeries
1959The TroubleshootersDirectorSeries
1958LawmanDirectorSeries
1958BroncoDirectorSeries
1958U.S. MarshalDirectorSeries
1957MaverickDirectorSeries
1957The James Dean StoryDirector, Editor, ProducerFilm
1957The DelinquentsDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1957SugarfootDirectorSeries
1957WhirlybirdsDirectorSeries
1957M SquadDirectorSeries
1956The Gale Storm ShowDirectorSeries
1956The Magic BondDirectorFilm
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDirectorSeries
1955The MillionaireDirectorSeries
1954The Dirty LookDirectorFilm
1952The Sound of BellsDirectorFilm
1951Modern FootballDirectorFilm
Production (15)
2004Tanner on TannerExecutive Producer, Director, CreatorSeries
2001Gosford ParkProducer, Director, IdeaFilm
2000TrixieProducerFilm
2000Gun: Fatal BetrayalProducerFilm
1999Cookie's FortuneProducer, DirectorFilm
1997AfterglowProducerFilm
1994Prêt-à-PorterProducer, Director, WriterFilm
1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleProducerFilm
1988Tanner '88Executive Producer, Director, CreatorSeries
1982Precious BloodExecutive Producer, DirectorFilm
1979Rich KidsExecutive ProducerFilm
1978Remember My NameProducerFilm
19773 WomenProducer, Writer, DirectorFilm
1977The Late ShowProducerFilm
1976Welcome to L.A.ProducerFilm
Writing (7)
1996Kansas CityWriter, Director, ProducerFilm
1987AriaWriter, DirectorFilm
1987Beyond TherapyScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1976Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonScreenstory, Director, Producer, ScreenplayFilm
1956Corn's-a-Poppin'WriterFilm
1950Honeymoon for HarrietWriter, EditorFilm
1948BodyguardStoryFilm